ok but one thing still eludes my understanding host header will be read after it reaches the appropriate host but in ths case when i type my domain name, the ip it will be resolved to will make it go to a host and only then it will search for what header is there, foo.com or bar.com
but here it doesn't seem both the documents are in the same host cos our site is hosted by net4india and M$ must be having their own hosts. --- Dayalan Manohar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 9 Apr 2002, Binand Raj S. wrote: > Wow,cool. > > > On Tuesday 09 April 2002 12:09 pm, abrar hazarika > wrote: > > > but how does the dns works in this case > > > when the browser sends requests for resolving > the > > > domain name i typed , it gets the ip address, > and then > > > it should automatically go to the M$ page > instead of > > > our domain. > > > > Virtual domains are identified by the HTTP Host: > header. > > > > So, let us say foo.com and bar.com are hosted on > the same IP. > > You open browser and type foo.com. The browser > connects to the > > IP, and sends the following: > > > > GET / HTTP/1.1 > > Host: foo.com > > > > And the server knows this guy needs the foo.com > page. When you type > > bar.com, the browser connects to the same IP, but > sends: > > > > GET / HTTP/1.1 > > Host: bar.com > > > > Depending on the Host: header, the server decides > on the DocumentRoot > > and DirectoryIndex (apache directives :-), and > serves that page. > > > > Binand > > > > _______________________________________________ > > linux-india-help mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help > > > > > _______________________________________________ > linux-india-help mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help ________________________________________________________________________ For live cricket scores download Yahoo! Score Tracker at: http://in.sports.yahoo.com/cricket/tracker.html _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
